Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-04
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From the Pittsbu'g Dispatch.
Early yesterday morning snothsr car losf
Oi Dunkarda passsd through the city ON thei
way 10 Ottawa, Kan, and In the afternOor
70 gathered at the Office Of Samuel Moody
district pssssrger agent Of the Psnnsy lvani'
lines, awaiting transportation 10 the sosnt
of tho comic, encs. They had oil come from
the neigh bOr hood Of Bedford, Pa, aud Wort
headed by John r. Rspiogie, one Of the
"brethren," ss they call their preachsra
They were very pleasant homo spun party
mostly sldsrly men with long, grey bearda
but some Of these were accompanied by theiI
sons, sturdy looking young farmers.
MI. Rsplogle WAS quite willing 70 talk
but wished tO correct . popular. Tho nsms
Ot The denomination was not Duukards, bui
German Bsptista How the firSt came IN bs
called Dunkards WAS from the German word
signify Ing "a dipper," becsuso they prsoliceti
immersion. Tbis had given rise to . tow iu.
dicrous ~ we'll ~ Questionable mistakes, ~
when they met Il, 600 strong In Dayton three
years ago, soms correspondent cabled the
TACT to Europe, and, whether through mis-
take Of the wires or Of the correspondent the
London Times had . solemn editorial on
American manners and morals which toler.
Hted National Assembly Of " Drunksrda I"
at IL better" sad MIR Repiog,e, "to call
us German Bsptistz, and papls ~ fond OF
the other cissa We ought to have . good
many ut ths Ottawa meeting. Kansas IN .
big state, aud our people are numerous there.
II should not bS 1t ali surprised to $40 10, 900
70 20 OW. Our principal states are Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, KAnsas and Pennsylvania
IL cost our party u ~ each from Bedford 10
Philsdelphia and return, and go % for the
balAncs OF the trip 1 suppose the rates are
fairly low. We don't worry with the inter
state com merce law, nor any other u We can
hei u One of our tene's Il non .resistance,
being on the ssme bAsis ~ the Quakers IN
that respect. The Quakers xnd ourSei YES
were the only denominations exempt from
military duty during the war The fac! IL
No don't resist anybody except tho devil,
upon whom all our combstiveness IL ex-
pended.
"Ths object OF our annual conference IL to
arbi,rS,e disputes In the church aud discuss
rules and regulations for the conduct Of the
CHURCH generally. We are divided OIL into
districts, and every district has two or more
churches, which elect their own brethren or
preachers In the district Each district has
an oversoer, or bishop you might call him !;
but IN the annual conference We alt meet on
sn equality. You know the prophet says !:
In the multitude of councils there is saisiy.'
but principally In English. Marriage 10 SOL
emnizsd In the same manner, almost, ~ In
all Christian churches, but In simpler In
iOrm with uk We have no burial service
We preach to the living only--and lot the
dead re~t, continued ths brother, ~ Q quaint
smile lighted up his face.
"No, our sect In not altogether com posed oi
tho fsrninx community. We have, unfor.
tunatsly, no church In Pittsburg, but We
have one In Philadelphia, one each In Al
mia cities also In 81 Louis We generally
hold our annual mesting on Whitsuntida